Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2017, 1:11 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2017, 1:11 PM CST (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
625
WUUS54 KMOB 071911
SVRMOB
ALC097-072000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0079.170207T1911Z-170207T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 200 PM CST
* At 110 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moss Point,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Central
Dauphin Island, Coden, Fort Gaines and Alabama Port.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8838 3033 8840 3034 8840 3035 8839
3037 8840 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840
3053 8840 3062 8807 3022 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 274DEG 45KT 3033 8852
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Butts1 follow-up statement
268
WWUS54 KMOB 071939
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
139 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC097-072000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-170207T2000Z/
Mobile AL-
139 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...
At 139 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near I10 And I65 to 8 miles southwest of Coden, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Central Dauphin
Island, Coden, Fort Gaines and Alabama Port.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8838 3033 8840 3034 8840 3035 8839
3037 8840 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840
3053 8840 3062 8807 3022 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 248DEG 39KT 3059 8808 3031 8835
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ButtsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 5:58 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 42 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Feb 7, 10:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Feb 7, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Feb 7, 12:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 12:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 12:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:42 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 1:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Feb 7, 1:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Feb 7, 1:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Feb 7, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Feb 7, 2:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 2:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 2:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:49 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:57 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Feb 7, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 3:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 4:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 5:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.